Anthropic outage forces mid-deployment model switch, proving vendor lock-in risk
heyneighbor · x · 2026-11-13
An engineer working on an enterprise OpenClaw deployment recounts waking up to multiple Anthropic issues and quickly switching models to restore (near-)normal operation.
The takeaway: avoid vendor lock-in with your most important vendor — keep your agent workflows free to swap models at any time.
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